If this season is cancelled, zero chance we start on time next year and I honestly believe we miss 2 full years as the union decertifys and the NHL as we know it ceases to exist.
Both sides share equal blame , but Bettman and the owners bully tactics aint gonna work anymore. Good for the players long term, ****ing horrible for the fans.
Decertification would be horrible for most of players. It would also probably cost the NHL a couple of franchises and a few others would have to be relocated. Any scenario where there is a contraction isn't a good one for players.
The 6 teams this lockout is for would fold in a year. No cap and no rules, they could have 20 mill payrolls , while others have 100 mill payrolls.
5 years from now it would be worth it, get rid of **** markets and the Jody Shelley and Matt Walkers of the NHL, but the next few years destroys the NHL.
And this will show what Gary's true intentions are, if it ever gets to that level it proves he has no intentions on signing a new CBA
Go for it.
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Decertification would be horrible for most of players. It would also probably cost the NHL a couple of franchises and a few others would have to be relocated. Any scenario where there is a contraction isn't a good one for players.
Not sure it would be horrible for "most" of the players, certainly the bottom end 4th liners and 5-6 defencemen would have issues. But a smart agent would ensure a player's individual contract would contain conditions that would hopefully, in the main, be as beneficial to his client as the current CBA allows. Its your latter points though that would see the NHL fight decertification tooth and nail, if it came to it.
I would like to see both Nashville and Tampa Bay survive.
Not sure how possible that is, though
Pretty sure franchises in both Winnipeg and Quebec would have trouble staying in business with decertification- these small population centers need the cost certainty brought about by the cap to survive (or at least they used to complain that they did).
Holmgren is a dry drunk....he "likes" his team regardless of the blatant deficiencies. Having said this, he should be optimistic about Couts and B Schenn..they have done a good job down on the farm..
Meltzer's Musings: Zero Benefit to Lockout for Flyers
Holmgren will still "like" his team when he has to comply with a more stringent cap..
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As for the Flyers' outlook, well, they are losing money daily when they could have been reaping the financial benefits of what had been a boom period of growth both for the organization and the league. And when there is a new CBA in place, the rules will take steps to prevent them from doing business the way they want to do it.
Neither the owners nor the union gives a damn what is the interests of the fans. Never have and never will. But for fans who root for a team like the Flyers, it is especially galling that two-plus months (and counting) of the season have been lost and the entire season may be in jeopardy when it is designed to bring about a result that will not see the on-ice product improve and may weaken their favorite team's roster in the not-too-distant future.
